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  (b. 26 April 1776 Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 27 February 1856 Sorel, Canada East )  

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Geneviève TESSIER was born 26 April 1776 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

Geneviève TESSIER was the child of Joseph TESSIER dit MAJOR   and   Marie-Catherine HUS COURNOYER MILLET and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Pierre TESSIER and Marie-Catherine VACHER dite LACERTE (maternal)  Jean-Baptiste HUS COURNOYER MILLET and Marie-Geneviève PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Geneviève  married  François PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY 9 February 1795 in Sorel, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 11 children.
François PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY  was born 31 October 1770 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).  François died 5 December 1809 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).  François was the child of Felix PELOQUIN and Marie-Amable HAZEUR (AZURE) dite HERPIN.

Geneviève  married  (2) Jean-Baptiste GENEST dit LABARRE 20 January 1818 in Sorel, Lower Canada .  Jean-Baptiste GENEST dit LABARRE  was born 26 July 1792 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).  Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste GENEST dit LABARRE and Marie-Madeleine MANDEVILLE.

Geneviève TESSIER died 27 February 1856 in Sorel, Canada East .





Tessier Name Meaning
French: occupational name for a weaver from Old French tissier (from Late Latin texarius a derivative of texere ‘to weave’). It is also found in England as a surname of Huguenot origin. Compare Tacey .

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Messier, Tesser, Tessler, Tester, Tellier, Messner, Bossier, Messer


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Did You Know? Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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